Originally posted by 2.5: Wont it just add a little back pressure? He doesn't have much as it is.
Not sure, but can't be good. Since the exit is actually facing forward (at least in the last pic), I'd expect a bit of a ram-air effect going on. Just doesn't seem like it would be good to have at speed.
With such a short exhaust, and what looks like only two tiny bullet cats, could very well be plenty of backfiring in the exhaust, and even flames.
Since the exit is actually facing forward (at least in the last pic), I'd expect a bit of a ram-air effect going on.
I doubt there'd be any appreciable "ram-air effect" into the exhaust system... but even just for cosmetic reasons, I don't think I'd personally want the exhaust tip pointing forward at all.
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Originally posted by doublec4:
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Won't really be pointing "forwards" when I'm done with it. I was just holding it to give a general idea what I'm going for. It will be pointing to the side and I'm going to "slash" cut the tip so it's pointing directly sideways. I'm not at all concerned about air entering the exhaust... I'm sure the speed and pressure of the exhaust is more than enough to overcome any air being blown into it at any speed. Not to mention the exhaust will have a "S" shape in that area and won't allow air to flow back down easily.
I'm going to wrap the last section after the V-band in fiberglass wrap so that will help with heat in the area too.
Won't really be pointing "forwards" when I'm done with it. I was just holding it to give a general idea what I'm going for. It will be pointing to the side and I'm going to "slash" cut the tip so it's pointing directly sideways.
I suspected it would be altered somewhat from what we saw in the picture, but we're all holding our breath nevertheless.
If no one has said it already your idea has a couple of problems, first the scoop is facing the wrong may, turn it around if you want to do this. But even if you do this the way I said you are going to get exhaust smoke all over the side of the car, not to mention sitting at a light with the windows down your way will blow exhaust into the passenger compartment as well as all over the side of the car. And that's not even mentioning how much plastic you may melt, note the original position of the tail pipes, they have a black peace of some material to prevent that and they are a lot further away than what you want to do.
It really is a shame, you did a nice job tigging all that, but I think you will have problems.
Steve
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If no one has said it already your idea has a couple of problems, first the scoop is facing the wrong may, turn it around if you want to do this. But even if you do this the way I said you are going to get exhaust smoke all over the side of the car, not to mention sitting at a light with the windows down your way will blow exhaust into the passenger compartment as well as all over the side of the car. And that's not even mentioning how much plastic you may melt, note the original position of the tail pipes, they have a black peace of some material to prevent that and they are a lot further away than what you want to do.
It really is a shame, you did a nice job tigging all that, but I think you will have problems.
Steve
Possibly, but I'm willing to risk it. A few things to note... even with the exhaust facing slightly forward, it won't create any issues with exhaust escaping while driving. Also, the side scoops are fiberglass so they should be more resistant to "melting" than plastic. I will also be wrapping this last leg of pipe in exhaust wrap so it should help eliminate some of the radiant heat. Exhaust gases *could* find their way into the passenger compartment through the window, but I've been in a few cars with side exit exhaust and it was never an issue. Ex, dodge viper... driven it many times and never once had that problem.
In the event that I do have a bunch of issues I always come prepared with a back up plan
Finished up the exhaust wrap and fired it up for the first time today. I took a video but the mic in my camera doesn't do it any justice. I'll get a nicer quality audio clip tomorrow with a proper microphone.
I didn't hear any exhaust leaks.. finally... music to my ears. I would say that it is about as loud as a stock Viper with it's side exit exhaust. Once the car warms up it quiets down a little and I wouldn't call it extraordinarily loud. I have a few other small details to iron out before it's drive-able so it will be different to hear it under load and on the highway.
The backside of the panel won't need any heat shield. My only concern are the edges of the scoop where the exhaust exits. It will get warm there but we'll have to see just how warm.
The audio was distorted, yes. It is definitely loud, but I think what made it worse was that it was in my garage (beside the wall that is concrete) so the noise was just bouncing right off that wall. I couldn't move the car outside as I have to put the rest of it back together.
So I'm still working on getting the audio clips. I want to put together an assortment of clips.
However, I drove it around a bit today and I have some good news.. the side scoop doesn't seem to get hot at all. I even let the car sit and idle for a while and I could touch the fiberglass around the scoop and it wasn't even warm to the touch... fiberglass is a good insulator (which is why they make exhaust wrap from the stuff) so that might help.
As suspected, it's pretty loud even outside of the garage... especially above 4000rpm but it can sound tame if you don't get into the throttle too much. I can live with it for now since I don't drive the car daily. In the future if I get tired of it, there are some small "spiral" exhaust inserts, or cones, that I can put in the straight section right before it exits and it should take more of the edge off. It would just require a quick cut and reweld down the road.
Stay tuned for some video!
[This message has been edited by doublec4 (edited 06-07-2016).]
Heh heh... I suspect it's loud.
